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UNITED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN e. PEACE, or MICANOPY, rLonIDA.

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SPECIFICATION forming partvof Letters Patent No. 720,842, dated February17, 1903.

. Application iiled October 9,1902. Serial No. 126,415. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PEAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Micanopy, in the county of Alachua and State ofFlorida, haveinvented certain new and "useful Improvements in Tables, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication.

My invention relates to an improvement on the table constructionillustrated in Letters Patent granted to me January 26, 1886, No.334,977, for combined table and desk.

The present improvement has reference to retaining means by which thefoot-holding bow or yoke secures the feet of the table when in spread orfolded condition.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my table. Fig. II is an end elevation.Fig. III is an end view of the table in folded condition. Fig. IV is aside view of one of the table-legs with the feet shown in spreadcondition. Fig. V is an enlarged cross-section taken through one of thelegs, the inner ends of the feet, and the hingethat connects the feet tothelegs. Fig. VI is a perspective view of thev feet-retaining bow oryoke.

1 designates the leaves of the table, which are positioned alongside ofthe central top strip 2.

3 designates the table-legs, to which the leaves 1 are joined by hinges4. (See Fig. II.) The legs 3 are preferably composed of a central membero, and outer members h, as seen in Fig. V. The central leg member a ismade shorter than the outer members in orderV to provide sockets withinthe upper ends of the legs into which the vertical portion 2 of the 5designates the feet, which are' connected to the legs 3 and may or maynot be provided with casters 6. The feet 5 are joined to the legs 3 byhinges having central portions?, that carry swinging leaves 8, which areapplied to the feet 5 and permit of the `movement of the feet intospread or folded condition. When the feet are spread, their inner endsenter notches formed in the edges of the outer members b of the legs, asseen at c, Fig.

IV, whereby they are held, thereby providing a close t ofI the feetagainst the legs. The leaves 8 of the hinges that connect the feet tothe legs of the table project upwardly beyond the upper edges of thefeet 5, as seen at 9.

l0 designates bows or yokes, which are connected to the legs 3 by pivots1l and are arranged to swing over the extensions of the hinge-leaves Stoengage such extensions. The bows have vertical webs l2, from the upperedges of Vwhich jut flanges i3. Projecting from the webs 12 are reartongues llt and forward tongues l5, .and intermediate of said tonguesare notches 16.

I7 designates springs secured to the legs 3 at 18 and having their freeends projected downwardly to positions within the bows 10. The springs17 are bent near their lower ends to form lips 19, which are adapted toengage the bows 10, and beyond said lips are tongues 20, that projectbeneath said bows.

In the practical use of the table when it is to be stood upon the floorand supported by the feet 5 the feet are moved outwardly into theposition seen in Figs. I, II, and IV, in which position the hinge-leavesare carried into lines parallel with the central portions of the hinges.The bows l0 are then thrown downwardly and .brought into engagement withthe extensions 9 of the hi nge-leaves,which are engaged by the reartongues I4, which pass over said extensions and `fit against them,thereby securing the feet from movement. In the positioning of the bowsas stated they ride down the springs I7 and pass over the lips 19 andbeneath them. The springsithen move outwardly, and the lips 19 engageover the upper faces of the bows and hold them securely .in engagementwith the hinge-leaves 8. When it is desired to fold the legs, theoperators foot is placed against the tongue 2O of the spring 17 and thespring is pressed inwardly, and then by an upward movement of the footthe operator may press against the j utting flanges 13 of the bows andmove them out of engagement with the hingeleaves, after which the bowswill be upheld by the springs to permit the swinging of the feet intofolded condition. After the feet have been so moved either. by foot orhand IOC the operator may place his foot upon the bows and press themdownwardly, so that they will engage the extensions of the hin ge-leavesto hold them between the forward tongues 15, as seen in Fig. III. Whenit is desired to only partially fold the legs, the bows may engage thehinge-leaves by the entrance of the leaves into the notches 16intermediate of the tongues 14 and 15. When the feet 5 are in eitherfolded or partially-folded condition, the bows 10 are held by thesprings 17 in the same manner as that described in connection with thespread condition of the feet.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a table, the combination with legs, offeet hinged thereto, bows arranged for movement to the hinges of saidfeet, and springs secured to said legs and adapted to engage said bows,substantially as set forth.

2. In a table, the combination with legs, of feet hinged thereto, bowsarranged for movement to the hinges of said feet, springs secured tosaid legs, and lips carried by said springs adapted to engage said bows,substantially as set forth.

3. In a table, the combination with legs, of feet hinged thereto, bowsarranged for movement to the hinges of said feet, springs secured tosaid legs, lips carried by said springs adapted to engage said bows, andtongues carried by the free ends of said springs; said tonguesprojecting beyond said lips, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. In a table, the combination with legs, of feet, hinges connectingsaid feet to said legs and having their leaves extending upwardly beyondsaid feet, bows hinged to said legs and adapted to engage the extensionsof said hingeleaves, and springs secured to said legs and adapted toengage said bows to retain them in engagement with said hinge-leaves,substantially as set forth.

JOHN G. PEACE.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH.

